As a support worker‚ several key principles‚ laws‚ and policies act as a guide in my line of duty in safeguarding every individual when care services have been offered or engaged in any form. These are: The Care Act 2014 (UK): The prevention of harm‚ neglect‚ and abuse is monitored by local governing authorities. They make sure negligence is prevented by organisations offering care services to any individual. Care standards and plans are in the best interest of the service user‚ with their wishes
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HNC SOCIAL CARE VALUES ESSAY This essay will examine how social care values and principles influence practice. My own value base was influenced by my parents and extended family initially. As I was growing up teachers and peers also influenced my values. Amongst some of the values I live my life by are having self-respect and being respectful of others; being trustworthy‚ honest and truthful; being non-judgemental. I was always encouraged to work hard and do well at school which would help me
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Causes and Spread of Infection Unit 22 ICO2 Q1 1.1 * Bacteria are unicellular‚ prolcaryotic microorganism found almost in all kinds of habits. Some bacteria are beneficial like those involved in nitrogen fixation and some pathogenic‚ which causes diseases. * Viruses are unicellular‚ tiny organisms which are mostly composed of DNA (Deoxyribonucleic Acid) and protein. Its body compromises of head and tail sections. Viruses attach themselves to other organisms and severe infectious diseases
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Social Security & Health Care Outline 1. Social Security a. Introduction: Social Security: What is it? b. History of Social Security i. Pre social Security era 1. Greek 2. Medieval European 3. The “Poor Laws” ii. Early American Social Security 4. Colonial 5. Civil war 6. Great Depression c. Modern American Social Security iii. When was it established?
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and process that affect the overall distribution of disease and health. Health care and public health systems are the social determinants of health and they are mostly responsible for health inequities. Health inequities link closely with social determinants of health. Public Health recognizes that individual-level interventions must occur along with approaches that address community and societal levels of social determinants of health. As part of the President’s Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
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1.1 What is abuse? Abuse is the infringement of an individual’s human and civil rights by another individual or persons. The following is the definition of abuse in The Protection for Persons in Care Act (PPCA). In this statement‚ "abuse" is defined as mistreatment‚ whether physical‚ sexual‚ mental‚ emotional‚ and financial or a combination of any of them‚ that is reasonably likely to cause death or that causes or is reasonably likely to cause serious physical or psychological harm to a person‚
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one of the most important and common one is the Data Protection Act 1998 – this law states each individuals personal details are to be kept securely locked away‚ this law also protects the services users freedom rights‚ the DPA advise that all service users have a right to privacy and everyone else would need to seek services’ permission to obtain personal records The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) widens the release of unstructured information to third party requests‚ but on the other hand
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UNIT 1: COMMUNICATING IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ORGANISATIONS Scenario You have been asked to create an information pack for health and social care students about the importance of communication in working with adults. Your pack should include information about a range of communication methods‚ both verbal and non-verbal. It should also include advice about how to identify the different communication needs of individual‚ some of the barriers to effective communication and how these can be overcome
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Unit 540 Lead positive behavioural support | Positive behaviour support (PBS) is an approach to providing services to individuals who exhibit challenging behaviour. Since the early 1990s‚ PBS has received increasing attention from the behaviour-analytic community. Some behaviour analysts have embraced this approach‚ but others have voiced questions and concerns. Over the past dozen
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or force feeding Leaving the individuals in wet or soiled clothing or bedding as a deliberate act to demonstrate power and strength of the abuser Excessive or inappropriate use of medication A carer causing illness or injury to someone he or she cares for in order to gain attention Signs and symptoms associated with Physical abuse Pepper pot bruising-small bruises‚ usually on the chest‚ caused by poking with the finger or pulling of the clothes tightly. Finger-marks-often on arms or shoulders
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